May 8, 9 Daily Feast, Elder’s Meditation, THINK on THESE THING

[David White Hawk Administrator]




May 8 - Daily Feast







There is something very good about suppertime. Suppertime is more than just a time to eat - it is warm with happy memories. A few sunny hours to run barefoot after school, a time of homecoming and hearing what everyone else did during the day. Suppertime means watching Grandmother make digalvnhi, Cherokee grape dumplings, and hearing her sing as she worked. A day, a time, an hour never stands on its own, but is bolstered by all those hours that have gone before. Nothing is ever lost - not even the simplest things - for time enhances what has been dear to us. We tend to look back and think something no longer exists. But it does, in all the lovely hours that wait for us - like suppertime - like singing in the kitchen and warm bread baking.



This is not just memory, it is sharing life.




~ We do not want riches, we want peace and love. ~



RED CLOUD




'


A Cherokee Feast of Days', by Joyce Sequichie Hifler













Elder's Meditation of the Day May 8





"Anyways, with medicine there's a time and a place for everything. It only comes around once. You have to get it at the right time."







Cecilia Mitchell, MOHAWK






The old ones say two things must be present for a miracle to take place. One, the right time. Two, the right place. This is why we need to honor our ceremonies. Ceremonies are done in an order. This order is applied to open a "door" to the right time and place of the medicine. This door opens to the Spiritual World. The Spiritual World is available to us at the right time and the right place.





My Creator, let me be patient today so the timing is right.












'THINK on THESE THINGS'
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler






I don't know of anyone I'd rather see happy than you. Perhaps somewhere along the way you'll also find what causes it and maybe it will be something you can find within your heart to share with others....for only in sharing are we ever really happy.






Just remember that it may well be where you least expect it. You may recognize it as something you're about to give away....But don't worry, it will come back so many times; like love, it seeketh not its own but flies over us like angels. And when it finds a heart big enough to hold all the love it can supply it settles itself, wings and all, within the soul of that love.





And then the world will be new. There will be sights you've never seen, yet they have been there all the time....there will be laughter from the heart....and gratitude for all of life's privileges. There will be peace and contentment....and strength abounding to withstand all adversity....and quiet acknowledgment of God. For without God, there could be none of these.




















May 9 - Daily Feast






Sentences half spoken and beyond total hearing are the source of difficulty. Only in the bright light of reason and understanding can these cloudy mishaps be corrected. Some are simply tuned to hear the negative - even when it was never intended to be. They hear with an ear that is already bent toward trouble and only too willing to pass it on. We might consider what we want to hear - because everyone has moments when words tumble out with little meaning. Whether it is a slip of the tongue or simply filling in a quiet spell, we are sometimes guilty of speaking when we should have been listening. The tongue is a little member and sometimes kindles quite a fire when it should spit on the matches.




~ We are becoming like them.....all talkers and no workers. ~








BLACK HAWK




'


A Cherokee Feast of Days', by Joyce Sequichie Hifler














Elder's Meditation of the Day May 9







"Without a sacred center, no one knows right from wrong."










Thomas Yellowtail, CROW






In the center of the circle is where the powers reside. These powers are called love, principle, justice, spiritual knowledge, life, forgiveness and truth. All these powers reside in the very center of the human being. We access these powers by being still, quieting the mind. If we get confused, emotionally upset, feel resentment, anger, or fear, the best thing we can do is pray to the Great Spirit and ask Him to remove the anger and resentment. By asking Him to remove these obstacles, we are automatically positioned in the sacred center. Only in this way do we know right from wrong.





Great Spirit, allow me this day to live in the sacred center.














'THINK on THESE THINGS'
By Joyce Sequichie Hifler






Have you even known someone whose very presence comforted you? They seem to have no need of words but their quiet companionship soothes like balm to the soul: these are your kindred souls who have already been the route you're traveling, or are just ahead and leaning back to take your hand.






Wherever you are on the path of life, there have been many there before you. It may seem the loneliness of the road has many empty echoes. But there have been many good people concerned enough to make an effort to mark the rougher places to allow your journey easier traveling.






And like all travelers we must look for those signs and make them more plain to the ones who will follow.






And then, in quiet communication, we can each take our turn by understanding.





How often we see people who desperately need our help. We would like to help them, but we put it out of our minds because it seems beyond our means and beyond our strength. We use the excuse that we have enough problems of our own without going out on a limb for someone else. Charity begins at home and at home and at home.





If we have the true desire, and the welfare of someone else in our sights, we can ask divine guidance, and we will receive help. If help does not come, it is because we were not truly serious. Or perhaps whatever we wanted to do was not in the best interests of all concerned. Our help may only have slowed their progress or weakened their efforts. If our desires are worthy we need to have no fear that a way will come to help.






The desire to help is a divine gift, and we accept it most beautifully by using it.













Donadagahv’I
David White Hawk


Tawodi Unega




"Be good, be kind, help each other."
"Respect the ground, respect the drum, respect each other."






May The Creator walk with you.








Anasgvti Unelanvhi Nigohilvi Watsi Gawohilvdodi Nihi
( May God Always Watch Over You )